What
happens when the picture perfect
marriage dissolves? Once again,
Belva Plain proves herself the
writer who sets the standard for
family stories in a novel that is
at once harrowing and deeply
moving.

In
After the Fire, we are introduced
to a woman who is forced to give
up her children when she is
divorced from her husband. While
society may view absentee fathers
as the norm, a mother who gives
up custody of her children is
often castigated.

After
the Fire threatened to overwhelm
me at times. It may make you take
a second look at your own choices
in life.